Boating_Sailing
Yachting World
A LIFE AT SEA
HELEN FRETTER TALKS TO THE DOYEN OF BLUEWATER CRUISING TO FIND OUT WHY, AFTER 46 YEARS OF SAILING, HE’S NO LONGER GOING TO SEA
10+ min |
November 2021
Yachting World
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
FACED WITH A FORCE 11 FORECAST OFF CAPE HORN, ANDREW HALCROW CONSIDERS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION
9 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON PEN DUICK VI
8 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
HOW TO SAIL AWAY WITHOUT QUITTING YOUR LIFE: ADVICE FROM A COUPLE WHO’VE DONE IT. PATRICK AND SHEILA DIXON EXPLAIN HOW TO MAKE ‘HYBRID CRUISING’ WORK
10+ min |
October 2021
Yachting World
FASTNET RELOADED
THE ROLEX FASTNET RACE HAS LONG DEMANDED REAL RESPECT, BUT A CHANGE, OF COURSE, MADE THE 2021 EDITION A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE, HELEN FRETTER REPORTS
10+ min |
October 2021
Yachting World
FINDING FLOW
A 350-MILE OFFSHORE ISN’T EVERYONE’S IDEA OF RELAXATION, BUT SWEDEN’S GOTLAND RUNT PROVED THE PERFECT TONIC FOR NIKKI HENDERSON
10 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
INTO THE WILDS
JESSICA ZEVALKINK AND LUKE YEATES SET FREE IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ WITH THEIR NEWLY RESTORED YACHT AND NEW BABY
9 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
THE SECRET WEAPON
WITH ITS LIFT KEEL OPTION, JEANNEAU’S SO410 HAS A POTENT TRUMP CARD: IT HAS THE DRAUGHT OF A CLASS 40, YET CAN ALSO NOSE INTO THE SHALLOWS. TOBY HODGES WAS INTRIGUED
6 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
HANGING ON
UPSIDE DOWN IN A SMALL CATAMARAN IN A NORTH SEA STORM, JOHN PASSMORE DISTRACTED HIMSELF BY FOCUSSING ON THE STORY
10 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
REDEFINING COMFORT
34 YEARS ON FROM ITS ORIGINAL 55, LAGOON SHOWS HOW MUCH CATAMARAN DESIGN HAS EVOLVED TOWARDS LOFT LIVING WITH A SEA VIEW FROM THE TERRACE. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS
5 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
MASTERCLASS
Pip Hare on best practice crew communication
4 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RUN THE PIT
4 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RACE IN LIGHT WINDS WITH TIDE
4 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
50 OF THE BEST BLUE WATER MULTIHULLS
TOBY HODGES AND FRANÇOIS TREGOUET CONSIDER THE TOP CATAMARAN AND TRIMARAN OPTIONS FOR SAILING THE OCEANS IN SPACIOUS COMFORT
10+ min |
September 2021
Yachting World
QUEEN OF THE SEAS
FROM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES TO A BRAND NEW KETCH DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE 21ST CENTURY, SAECWEN’S OWNER HAS CREATED A TRUE MODERN CLASSIC, AS NIC COMPTON FINDS OUT
10+ min |
September 2021
Yachting World
MASTER CLASS
PIP HARE ON HOW TO MAKE A 21ST CENTURY PILOTAGE PLAN
6 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
ALL ABOARD FOR THE RIDE
IMOCA 60S ARE DESIGNED FOR SOLO RACING, SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A FULL CREW ON BOARD TO RACE 2,000 MILES? MATTHEW SHEAHAN REPORTS
9 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS: SAM FORTESCUE ON THE HANSTAIGER X1
Imagine a boat that combines the aggressive loom of a Lamborghini with the controls of a fighter jet. Pop a rig on top, open the transom like the cargo door of a Chinook – oh, and bung a grand piano in one corner of the saloon.
8 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
TAKING THE HELM
A DRAMATIC BROACH IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FOREWARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR DAWN RILEY’S ALL-FEMALE WHITBREAD CREW
9 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
BEST FOR LAST
SAILING THE ATLANTIC FROM CAPE TOWN TO AZORES MARKED THE END OF AN EIGHT-YEAR CIRCUMNAVIGATION FOR DUTCH COUPLE WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS
10+ min |
September 2021
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT: HELEN FRETTER ON ORCA ‘ATTACKS' ON YACHTS
The first signs that something odd was taking place came in July 2020. After the strangest start to a summer any of us can remember, just as Europe began to open up to sailing once again, there were reports from Gibraltar and the Spanish Atlantic coast of orcas apparently attacking yachts.
9 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
THE MAGIC NUMBER
CAN’T DECIDE BETWEEN A MONOHULL AND A CATAMARAN? THE SURPRISING TRUTH IS THAT A FAST CRUISING TRIMARAN COULD BE THE IDEAL SOLUTION
10 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
SIZEABLE GAINS
BY REPURPOSING AN EXISTING HULL DESIGN, HAS BENETEAU JUST REINVENTED THE 55-FOOTER?
10+ min |
August 2021
Yachting World
DOUBLE THE FUN
DOUBLE-HANDED RACING HAS BEEN THE STAND-OUT SUCCESS STORY OF RECENT YEARS. JAMES BOYD FINDS OUT WHY IT’S SO POPULAR
10+ min |
August 2021
Yachting World
WORKING THE BARGES
JIM LAWRENCE’S TALES OF LIFE ABOARD THAMES BARGES EVOKE A FORGOTTEN WORLD RICH IN SEAMANSHIP SKILLS AND CAMARADERIE
9 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
NEW YACHT
PERFORMANCE AND EXPLORATION YACHTS PIQUE RUPERT HOLMES’ INTEREST
9 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT
PHIL JOHNSON ON WORKING FROM YOUR YACHT
9 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
CARIBBEAN WARMTH
MAX CAMPBELL AND THE CREW OF ELIXIR RECEIVED A GENEROUS WELCOME WHEN THEY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC TO THE GRENADINES
10 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
First event for new Ocean Race format
The first event run by the new organisers of the former Volvo Ocean Race, the Ocean Race Europe, finished in Genova this June. The Ocean Race Europe started on 29 May in Lorient, France, with stopovers in Cascais, Portugal, and Alicante, Spain before finishing in Italy.
1 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
BUILT FOR BATTLE
IS THE NEW PELAGIC 77 THE ULTIMATE EXPEDITION YACHT? ELAINE BUNTING SAILED WITH SKIP NOVAK TO FIND OUT
10+ min |